Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE (born 24 August 1948), is a British legal scholar and author of fiction. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law and bioethics and served on related British and international committees. He has since become known as a fiction writer, with sales in English exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages. He is known as the creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. The "McCall" derives from his great-great-grandmother Bethea McCall, who married James Smith at Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, in 1833.
Alexander McCall Smith
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Alexander MacCall-Smith, Alksandar Māk Kūl Smīṯ, R. Alexander McCall Smith, and 37 others
ألكسندر مكول سميث،, אלכסנדר מקקול סמית, R. A. Mc Call Smith, R. A McCall Smith, אלכסנדר מק'קול סמית, Alexander Smith, Sandy McCall Smith, אלכסנדר מק׳קול סמית, R. A. Mac Call Smith, Alksandar Mākūl Smīṯ, Alexander Mac Call Smith, R. A. MacCall-Smith, Алегзандър Маккол Смит, アレグザンダー マコール・スミス, Alexander MacCall Smith, سميث، ألكسندر مكول،, אלכסנדר מקול, Смит, R.A. MacCall Smith, R. A マッコール=スミス, アレグザンダー・マコール・スミス, Smith, Mc Call Smith, Alexander Mc Call Smith, R. A. MacCall Smith, R. Alexander MacCall Smith, R. A. Smith, Alexander McCall-Smith, מקקול אלכסנדר, Aleksandrs Makkols Smits, Alexander McCall Smith, R. A. McCall Smith, Макколл Смит, R.A. McCall Smith, Маккол, ماك كول سميث، ألكسندر،, Александр Макколл Смит - Born:
- Aug. 23, 1948
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Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE (born 24 August 1948), is a British legal scholar and author of fiction. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law and bioethics and served on related British and international committees. He has since become known as a fiction writer, with sales in English exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages. He is known as the creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. The "McCall" derives from his great-great-grandmother Bethea McCall, who married James Smith at Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, in 1833.
